Brevet-Captain Albion Howe, son of Col. Marshall Spring Howe and Anna Timothy (Cleland) Howe Doggett, born 11 May 1841 Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, USA; military service: Albion Howe, age 23; birth year about 1840; commissioned an officer in Company F, New York 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment on 07 December 1863 in Albany, New York; promoted to full 1st Lieutenant on 03 May 1865; promoted to full Major on 26 July 1865; mustered out on 26 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Promoted to Brevet 1st Lieutenant on 02 March 1867; promoted to Brevet Captain on 02 March 1867; source for military data: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Albion Howe died (was killed in action, while on patrol, after the second attack in the Modoc Indian War, April 1873, see Note 1, below) on 26 April 1873 at the Lava Beds (now Lava Beds National Monument), somewhere between Tulelake and Canby, Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, USA.
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 from Report of the Adjutant-General Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903: Albion Howe: Death date: 26 April 1873; death place: Lava Beds, California; buried, first, Gillem's Camp Cemetery, Modoc County CA; re-interred, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, NY; Plot 3.
Note: Capt. Albion Howe is listed in the 4th Artillery on his tombstone and in his wife's pension application in 1873.
Historical data: During the Modoc War of 1872-1873, warriors of a band led by Kintpuash (Captain Jack) used these lava beds (at Lava Beds National Monument) as a defensive stronghold to resist being captured and returned to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon, to which they had been removed, as European Americans wanted their lands. The Modoc took refuge in what was later named as "Captain Jack's Stronghold", a natural lava fortress. From this defensive base a group of 53 fighting men and their families held off US Army forces, that numbered up to ten times the Modocs' population, for five months.
In April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack killed Gen E.R.S. Canby; associates killed Reverend Eleazer Smith, and wounded two other commissioners. Canby was the only general to be killed in the Indian Wars. The Modoc mistakenly thought the Americans would leave if their leaders were killed. Instead Army reinforcements were brought in and the Modoc were eventually forced to surrender. Kintpuash and his associates were convicted of war crimes for the murders, and executed by hanging at Fort Klamath.
Source: Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Note 1: On April 26 (1873), a patrol of 69 men led by Cpt. Evan Thomas and Lt. Thomas Wright left Gillem’s Camp to try to locate the Modocs. As they stopped for lunch they were fired upon by a small group of Modocs commanded by Scarfaced Charley. In 45 minutes, two-thirds of the patrol was killed or wounded. Both Thomas and Wright were killed in the fighting. The battle ended when Scarfaced Charley ordered the Modocs to cease their attack and allowed the
remaining soldiers to return to Gillem’s Camp.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Albion Howe, son of M.S. and A.T. Howe, (age 29, born c. 1840 St Augustine, Florida) married S. (Sarah aka Sallie) McKnight Barry, daughter of Wm. F. and K.W. Barry, (age 26, born c. 1843), on 01 June 1869 Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Albion and Sarah "Sallie" McKnight Howe had no known issue.
A nave window at Chapel of the Centurion, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia.
"The Armor of God"
1879
In memory of Brevet Captain Albion Howe by his wife, Sarah McKnight Barry (daughter of Major General William F. Barry). Captain Howe was killed at Lava Beds, California, while fighting Modoc Indians. The window is one of the two oldest stained glass windows in the chapel. It is an example of enameled glass of the John Bolton school.
The window reads "Faith Unto Death, In Memoriam, Capt 4th Arty of 1869"
You can view an image of the window at: http://orderofcenturions.org/chapel_of_the_centurion/windows3.html
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 from Report of the Adjutant-General Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903: Albion Howe: Death date: 26 April 1873; death place: Lava Beds, California; buried, first, Gillem's Camp Cemetery, Modoc County CA; re-interred, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, NY; Plot 3.
Note: Capt. Albion Howe is listed in the 4th Artillery on his tombstone and in his wife's pension application in 1873.
Historical data: During the Modoc War of 1872-1873, warriors of a band led by Kintpuash (Captain Jack) used these lava beds (at Lava Beds National Monument) as a defensive stronghold to resist being captured and returned to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon, to which they had been removed, as European Americans wanted their lands. The Modoc took refuge in what was later named as "Captain Jack's Stronghold", a natural lava fortress. From this defensive base a group of 53 fighting men and their families held off US Army forces, that numbered up to ten times the Modocs' population, for five months.
In April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack killed Gen E.R.S. Canby; associates killed Reverend Eleazer Smith, and wounded two other commissioners. Canby was the only general to be killed in the Indian Wars. The Modoc mistakenly thought the Americans would leave if their leaders were killed. Instead Army reinforcements were brought in and the Modoc were eventually forced to surrender. Kintpuash and his associates were convicted of war crimes for the murders, and executed by hanging at Fort Klamath.
Source: Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Note 1: On April 26 (1873), a patrol of 69 men led by Cpt. Evan Thomas and Lt. Thomas Wright left Gillem’s Camp to try to locate the Modocs. As they stopped for lunch they were fired upon by a small group of Modocs commanded by Scarfaced Charley. In 45 minutes, two-thirds of the patrol was killed or wounded. Both Thomas and Wright were killed in the fighting. The battle ended when Scarfaced Charley ordered the Modocs to cease their attack and allowed the
remaining soldiers to return to Gillem’s Camp.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Albion Howe, son of M.S. and A.T. Howe, (age 29, born c. 1840 St Augustine, Florida) married S. (Sarah aka Sallie) McKnight Barry, daughter of Wm. F. and K.W. Barry, (age 26, born c. 1843), on 01 June 1869 Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Albion and Sarah "Sallie" McKnight Howe had no known issue.
A nave window at Chapel of the Centurion, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia.
"The Armor of God"
1879
In memory of Brevet Captain Albion Howe by his wife, Sarah McKnight Barry (daughter of Major General William F. Barry). Captain Howe was killed at Lava Beds, California, while fighting Modoc Indians. The window is one of the two oldest stained glass windows in the chapel. It is an example of enameled glass of the John Bolton school.
The window reads "Faith Unto Death, In Memoriam, Capt 4th Arty of 1869"
You can view an image of the window at: http://orderofcenturions.org/chapel_of_the_centurion/windows3.html
Brevet-Captain Albion Howe, son of Col. Marshall Spring Howe and Anna Timothy (Cleland) Howe Doggett, born 11 May 1841 Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, USA; military service: Albion Howe, age 23; birth year about 1840; commissioned an officer in Company F, New York 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment on 07 December 1863 in Albany, New York; promoted to full 1st Lieutenant on 03 May 1865; promoted to full Major on 26 July 1865; mustered out on 26 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Promoted to Brevet 1st Lieutenant on 02 March 1867; promoted to Brevet Captain on 02 March 1867; source for military data: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Albion Howe died (was killed in action, while on patrol, after the second attack in the Modoc Indian War, April 1873, see Note 1, below) on 26 April 1873 at the Lava Beds (now Lava Beds National Monument), somewhere between Tulelake and Canby, Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, USA.
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 from Report of the Adjutant-General Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903: Albion Howe: Death date: 26 April 1873; death place: Lava Beds, California; buried, first, Gillem's Camp Cemetery, Modoc County CA; re-interred, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, NY; Plot 3.
Note: Capt. Albion Howe is listed in the 4th Artillery on his tombstone and in his wife's pension application in 1873.
Historical data: During the Modoc War of 1872-1873, warriors of a band led by Kintpuash (Captain Jack) used these lava beds (at Lava Beds National Monument) as a defensive stronghold to resist being captured and returned to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon, to which they had been removed, as European Americans wanted their lands. The Modoc took refuge in what was later named as "Captain Jack's Stronghold", a natural lava fortress. From this defensive base a group of 53 fighting men and their families held off US Army forces, that numbered up to ten times the Modocs' population, for five months.
In April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack killed Gen E.R.S. Canby; associates killed Reverend Eleazer Smith, and wounded two other commissioners. Canby was the only general to be killed in the Indian Wars. The Modoc mistakenly thought the Americans would leave if their leaders were killed. Instead Army reinforcements were brought in and the Modoc were eventually forced to surrender. Kintpuash and his associates were convicted of war crimes for the murders, and executed by hanging at Fort Klamath.
Source: Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Note 1: On April 26 (1873), a patrol of 69 men led by Cpt. Evan Thomas and Lt. Thomas Wright left Gillem’s Camp to try to locate the Modocs. As they stopped for lunch they were fired upon by a small group of Modocs commanded by Scarfaced Charley. In 45 minutes, two-thirds of the patrol was killed or wounded. Both Thomas and Wright were killed in the fighting. The battle ended when Scarfaced Charley ordered the Modocs to cease their attack and allowed the
remaining soldiers to return to Gillem’s Camp.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Albion Howe, son of M.S. and A.T. Howe, (age 29, born c. 1840 St Augustine, Florida) married S. (Sarah aka Sallie) McKnight Barry, daughter of Wm. F. and K.W. Barry, (age 26, born c. 1843), on 01 June 1869 Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Albion and Sarah "Sallie" McKnight Howe had no known issue.
A nave window at Chapel of the Centurion, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia.
"The Armor of God"
1879
In memory of Brevet Captain Albion Howe by his wife, Sarah McKnight Barry (daughter of Major General William F. Barry). Captain Howe was killed at Lava Beds, California, while fighting Modoc Indians. The window is one of the two oldest stained glass windows in the chapel. It is an example of enameled glass of the John Bolton school.
The window reads "Faith Unto Death, In Memoriam, Capt 4th Arty of 1869"
You can view an image of the window at: http://orderofcenturions.org/chapel_of_the_centurion/windows3.html
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 from Report of the Adjutant-General Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903: Albion Howe: Death date: 26 April 1873; death place: Lava Beds, California; buried, first, Gillem's Camp Cemetery, Modoc County CA; re-interred, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, NY; Plot 3.
Note: Capt. Albion Howe is listed in the 4th Artillery on his tombstone and in his wife's pension application in 1873.
Historical data: During the Modoc War of 1872-1873, warriors of a band led by Kintpuash (Captain Jack) used these lava beds (at Lava Beds National Monument) as a defensive stronghold to resist being captured and returned to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon, to which they had been removed, as European Americans wanted their lands. The Modoc took refuge in what was later named as "Captain Jack's Stronghold", a natural lava fortress. From this defensive base a group of 53 fighting men and their families held off US Army forces, that numbered up to ten times the Modocs' population, for five months.
In April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack killed Gen E.R.S. Canby; associates killed Reverend Eleazer Smith, and wounded two other commissioners. Canby was the only general to be killed in the Indian Wars. The Modoc mistakenly thought the Americans would leave if their leaders were killed. Instead Army reinforcements were brought in and the Modoc were eventually forced to surrender. Kintpuash and his associates were convicted of war crimes for the murders, and executed by hanging at Fort Klamath.
Source: Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Note 1: On April 26 (1873), a patrol of 69 men led by Cpt. Evan Thomas and Lt. Thomas Wright left Gillem’s Camp to try to locate the Modocs. As they stopped for lunch they were fired upon by a small group of Modocs commanded by Scarfaced Charley. In 45 minutes, two-thirds of the patrol was killed or wounded. Both Thomas and Wright were killed in the fighting. The battle ended when Scarfaced Charley ordered the Modocs to cease their attack and allowed the
remaining soldiers to return to Gillem’s Camp.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/labe/planyourvisit/upload/Modoc-War-FINAL.pdf
Albion Howe, son of M.S. and A.T. Howe, (age 29, born c. 1840 St Augustine, Florida) married S. (Sarah aka Sallie) McKnight Barry, daughter of Wm. F. and K.W. Barry, (age 26, born c. 1843), on 01 June 1869 Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Albion and Sarah "Sallie" McKnight Howe had no known issue.
A nave window at Chapel of the Centurion, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia.
"The Armor of God"
1879
In memory of Brevet Captain Albion Howe by his wife, Sarah McKnight Barry (daughter of Major General William F. Barry). Captain Howe was killed at Lava Beds, California, while fighting Modoc Indians. The window is one of the two oldest stained glass windows in the chapel. It is an example of enameled glass of the John Bolton school.
The window reads "Faith Unto Death, In Memoriam, Capt 4th Arty of 1869"
You can view an image of the window at: http://orderofcenturions.org/chapel_of_the_centurion/windows3.html
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